Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-27

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shs compact sh0uid stand. tbs pEoersss
Of RasaEa toward Osnstanfinopis would
b. blocked for 8 generation and that
the dseam Of TIE eEsaa slsv nation
uouId Be unFealizsd for another esn-
|tary. They realized thai ths nsw slli-
nnes strengthened tbs inanencs Of
Austria Ia lhs Dannblau prsvinoes and
made permanent her oooauatlon Of the
provlseas Of which she hnd taken pos
session after she treaty Of Berlin.
RealIzine ali this, Il vas eIsaF that
Raasia must break the new alliance.
Having failed 10 DO this b. seprsssnta-
tiens 10 the interested powers, shs hiss
begun 70 show her teeth with the insen-
tion Of gEighteninR her BANDED neigh
bors. Her troops are being harmed to
TIE Austrian and German fFsutieEs
With ali possible Fapidlty, and the car
has assumed snch sthreAlenlng attituds
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pared 10 hght any ons Of Tbs allies or
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lhsy ara ready.
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blua. Il Il not Iiksly that Russia has
The slightest lniention Of going to var.
Her object 70 10 fFiRhsan tbs allied pow
era into either dissoivine the new ALI
anos or permitting Russia 10 become Q
party 10 IL. The danger Of TIE situation,
however, lies in TIE possibility that Rus
STA. Ia Der Efforts 10 brighten, may pro-
woke The other powers 70 strike back or
nay 20 90 far in the dlrsetion Of var
that u will Be impossible 10 Rsceds.
Though she does not intend war. there
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force her into Il. When ons man at
tempts 10 bully or0wd, takes OF his
coat and rolls up his shirt sleeves, there
b The greatest danger that be will BE-
come Involved IN Aahs, thouRh that
be The last thing that be desires. II IL
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